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About Dr Trish Dowsett

BA, GradDipEd (Sec), GradDip (Pub Pol), PhD UWA
Dr Trish Dowsett is a Research Fellow in Assessment Development at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). She joined ACER having been a lecturer in Secondary English Education at Edith Cowan University. Prior to this, Trish taught English and Literature at the secondary and tertiary levels. In 2016, she was awarded a PhD from the University of Western Australia for The History of Curricular Control: Literary Education in Western Australia, 1912-2012. Further to this, she has researched the secondary English text lists and contributed to Required Reading: Literature in Australian Schools since 1945 (2017). Trish has also written for English in Australia, Insight Publications and Reading Australia.

Positions

January 2024 - Present Research Fellow, Assessment Development, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
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2022 - December 2023 Lecturer, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
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2020 - January 2022 Research Fellow, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
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Professional Service and Affiliations

Editorial Board, English in Australia, Australian Association for the Teaching of English
Membership, English Teachers Association of Western Australia
Membership, Teacher Registration Board of Western Australia
Membership, Western Australian Institute for Educational Research
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Refereed Articles (3)

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Books (4)

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